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Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 23:13:54 +0000
From: Matt Spangler (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...>
Subject: Crystal Skippers and other leps this past weekend

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Folks, last weekend I finally made a trip to see Crystal Skippers (lifers).=
See below for those and a handful of other odds-and-ends over the weekend:

4/24/26 Croatan NF-south end of Black Swamp Rd, Jones Co

* Red-banded Hairstreak 1 (around 8am)

4/24/26 Croatan NF-Holston Creek Rd, Jones Co

* Little Wood-Satyr 1 (around 9am)

Alas, I did not look for leps in Croatan during normal lepping hours... Too=
busy looking for odes and herps.

4/24/26 Fort Macon SP FOMA, Carteret Co
Pics here: https://www.e-butterfly.org/ebapp/en/checklists/view/154432

* Crystal Skipper 2 (fairly windy, and a little late, but good looks at=
2 in the dunes both south and north of the visitor center)
* Juniper Hairstreak 2

4/25/26 The Glades (home), Chatham Co

* Red-spotted Purple 1
* Hoary Edge 3 (may have been 4 or 5!)
* skipper sp 2 (brief looks at two dark skippers with frosted edges, ch=
asing each other; suspecting they might possibly be Dusted Skippers, I trie=
d but failed to relocate them all afternoon)

Matt Spangler

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<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Folks, last weekend I finally made a trip to see Cry=
stal Skippers (lifers). See below for those and a handful of other odds-and=
-ends over the weekend:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">4/24/26 Croatan NF&#8212;south end of Black Swamp Rd=
, Jones Co<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style=3D"margin-top:0in" type=3D"disc">
<li class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 =
lfo3">Red-banded Hairstreak 1 (around 8am)<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">4/24/26 Croatan NF&#8212;Holston Creek Rd, Jones Co<=
o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style=3D"margin-top:0in" type=3D"disc">
<li class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 =
lfo2">Little Wood-Satyr 1 (around 9am)<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Alas, I did not look for leps in Croatan during norm=
al lepping hours&#8230; Too busy looking for odes and herps.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">4/24/26 Fort Macon SP FOMA, Carteret Co<o:p></o:p></=
p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Pics here: <a href=3D"https://www.e-butterfly.org/eb=
app/en/checklists/view/154432" originalSrc=3D"https://www.e-butterfly.org/e=
bapp/en/checklists/view/154432">
https://www.e-butterfly.org/ebapp/en/checklists/view/154432</a><o:p></o:p><=
/p>
<ul style=3D"margin-top:0in" type=3D"disc">
<li class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left:0in;mso-list:l3 level1 =
lfo1">Crystal Skipper 2 (fairly windy, and a little late, but good looks at=
2 in the dunes both south and north of the visitor center)<o:p></o:p></li>=
<li class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left:0in;mso-list:l3 level1 =
lfo1">Juniper Hairstreak 2<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">4/25/26 The Glades (home), Chatham Co<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style=3D"margin-top:0in" type=3D"disc">
<li class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 =
lfo4">Red-spotted Purple 1<o:p></o:p></li><li class=3D"MsoListParagraph" st=
yle=3D"margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4">Hoary Edge 3 (may have been=
4 or 5!)<o:p></o:p></li><li class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-lef=
t:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4">skipper sp 2 (brief looks at two dark skippe=
rs with frosted edges, chasing each other; suspecting they might possibly b=
e Dusted Skippers, I tried but failed to relocate them all afternoon)<o:p><=
/o:p></li></ul>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Matt Spangler<o:p></o:p></p>
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